This is just like when the Rainbow Wing elevated Charmander's aptitude to another level.
Ash couldn't help but sigh in his heart, truly the power of the gods, even if not the deity itself, its strength is extremely significant for ordinary Pokemon.
The ceremony was conducted smoothly, with all the Bulbasaur eventually evolving into Ivysaur, but there was one exception...
"Bana!" shouted the Venusaur, and all the Ivysaur immediately made way, exposing the only Bulbasaur that hadn't evolved in front of Venusaur.
As the only one in the tribe that hadn't evolved, Bulbasaur appeared conspicuously different, naturally being noticed by Venusaur at once.
This made Venusaur unhappy; everyone was celebrating, all the Bulbasaur except you have evolved, why haven't you evolved?
In past years, all celebrations were held successfully, how come there's a problem with you?!
Venusaur's anger just now was inquiring why Bulbasaur didn't evolve.
"Dana!" I'm waiting for my Trainer to come before evolving!
"Bana? Bana!!" Trainer? Humans can't enter this place.
"Who says humans can't enter?" Ash slid down from a high point, while Brock and Misty were teleported down from the high ground by Gardevoir.
After Ash landed, he stood directly beside Bulbasaur, confronting Venusaur.
Misty, Brock, and Gardevoir also teleported to stand behind Ash.
"Bana!!" Human, how did you get in here!
Seeing Ash's presence, Venusaur's face clearly showed a look of surprise, for so many years, no humans have appeared in the Incredible Garden because of its perfect protective mechanism.
How did one slip in today?
"There's no need to say how I got in, no one can replicate it anyway, and I promise, I won't leak the existence of the Incredible Garden." Ash made a swearing gesture to Venusaur.
But this Venusaur's intelligence was evidently quite high; even with Ash's words, the wary look in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
He knew exactly how miraculous the ability within the Incredible Garden was that allowed Bulbasaur to evolve.
Initially, he alone discovered the miracles inside the Incredible Garden and gained power from it.
Otherwise, as a wild Bulbasaur, how could he possibly evolve into a Venusaur with Professional Peak rating in just a few short years.
Wild Pokemon have to either spend a long time growing, or have some encounter to level up; saying that they rise to Professional Level or Gym by their talent in just a few months or years is basically impossible.
Nowadays, many Pokemon in the world willingly submit to humans after being defeated because humans have the ability to unlock the potential within them.
This has essentially become common knowledge within the Pokemon world.
Otherwise, after being defeated and captured, then healed and released, why would they listen to humans? Pokeballs don't have a brainwashing function.
It's because after being defeated and captured, submitting to humans and letting them uncover their potential has become an unwritten rule in the Pokemon Realm.
As long as the Trainer isn't particularly useless or treats them badly, Pokemon generally won't betray them.
As a wild Venusaur, without human help, he reached Professional Level in less than five years, heavily crediting the power within the blooming big tree.
After succeeding, his first thought was to help his own kind, so he studied and drew upon the power within the tree, attracting nearby Bulbasaur and setting up multiple barriers to prevent humans from arriving.
Human greed weighed heavily on Venusaur's heart; if such a miraculous place was discovered by humans, there was no way a Professional Level Venusaur could defend it.
A Professional Level might flourish in the wild, but in front of top human Trainers, it doesn't stand a chance.
Over the years, even with rumors of the Incredible Garden outside, no humans ever found this place.
But today, for the first time ever, it was discovered by humans; it's like the saying, often walking along a river, how can you avoid getting your shoes wet. He had always gathered the surrounding Bulbasaur, and even with adequate protection, it was only a matter of time before humans discovered this place.
"Bana!" Human, what's your purpose for coming?
"My Bulbasaur came in, so naturally I have to come, too... But actually, I also knew about the Incredible Garden long ago. One reason for coming was to see what kind of magical power allows Bulbasaur to evolve, and the other was to help my Bulbasaur maximize its power."
Saying this, Ash squatted down, rubbing Bulbasaur's head, and Bulbasaur showed a very content expression.
Seeing this, Venusaur's vigilance slightly diminished; in any case, a human who can get along so well with his Pokemon shouldn't be too bad.
However, what the other side said still didn't make him completely drop his guard.
"Bana?" What do you mean by helping Bulbasaur maximize its power?
"Exactly what the words mean. Although you can use part of the life force within this tree, with your strength, you can't fully utilize its entire effect."
Ash said this as he stood up, his gaze crossing Venusaur, looking at the blooming tree behind it.
"The tree behind you, it usually remains in a withered state, but on this day every year, it blossoms, and you disperse the vigorous life force accumulated inside it to all the Bulbasaur that come here."
"If you enjoyed that share of life force alone, your strength now would definitely not be just this. Venusaur, you really are selfless!" Ash sincerely remarked.
In reality, Pokemon are indeed such creatures; they help strangers without any reason or justification, purely out of a simple disposition.
Were it humans, it might be completely the opposite.
"However, distributing the power like this also wastes a lot of the tree's life force; it seems like many Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur, but in reality, at least more than half of the life force was wasted."
Venusaur was actually aware of the drawbacks pointed out by Ash, but this was already the limit of what he could accomplish.
Even if he was to enjoy the life force alone, he couldn't completely absorb it; absorbing about thirty percent was already the max.
So he thought to spread this power among his own kind, thereby at least slightly improving the utilization rate.
Since spreading the life force to his kind, Venusaur could absorb less than one-tenth of it.
This is why Ash said he would definitely be much stronger than he is now if he solely enjoyed all the life force.
"Bana?" So, what do you intend to do?
Venusaur did not forget that Ash mentioned helping Bulbasaur gain maximum power.
By just now, the life force had already almost all been distributed; although the big tree remains in a blooming state, it will wither before long, currently just a shell with only the appearance.
Then from where does Ash intend to get the energy?
Upon hearing this, Ash's gaze still remained fixed on that big tree, and he said word by word: "I hope you can grant me half of the original power from the tree, which is fundamentally its life force, though doing so might require a very long time for the tree to accumulate such life force again."